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Sept. 4, 2024

Offering Your All Like Peter and Paul

Offering Your All Like Peter and Paul

Peter and Paul

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What does it truly mean to be fully committed to Jesus Christ? Inspired by Peter's transformative story in Luke 5:1-6, we explore the journey from simply hearing Jesus' words to actively engaging in His divine mission. Discover how Peter's willingness to let Jesus use his boat marked the first step towards total devotion. Through his example, we discuss the importance of offering what we have to the Lord, stepping out in faith, and moving beyond our comfort zones. Learn how prioritizing Jesus in every aspect of your life can lead to witnessing the miracles that arise from genuine commitment.

Next, we delve into the power of faith and worship, drawing from Paul's profound teachings in Galatians and Ephesians. Explore how staying Christ-centered, being steadfast, and sowing to the Spirit can revolutionize your spiritual journey. We'll highlight the significance of true worship—worshiping God in spirit and in truth—as the cornerstone of our devotion and loyalty. Finally, we encourage you to engage more deeply with our Renewed Mindsets community. Visit our website to listen to past episodes, read the blog, and share your feedback. Join us as we grow in faith together and connect with fellow believers.

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Chapters

00:21 - Steps to Total Commitment

13:02 - The Power of Faith and Worship

26:37 - Engage With Renewed Mindsets Podcast

Transcript

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Hey, welcome to Renewed Mindsets, the totally awesome podcast for Gen Xers who are ready to bust a move with the hand we were dealt.

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I'm Rick, and if you're feeling discontent with the way life has turned out, well, we're the goonies you're looking for.

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We're here to guide you in purging what you think you know, breaking free from conforming to this world and transforming your mind into the Christ-centered powerhouse.

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It was destined to be.

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Calm that mullet and grab a can of new Coke.

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It's time to get radical.

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Dude, I'm so glad you're here.

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I'm going to read from Luke, chapter 5, verses 1 through 6.

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I'm going to read from Luke, chapter 5, verses 1 through 6.

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Asked Simon, its owner, to push it out into the water.

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So he sat in the boat and taught the crowds from there.

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Now, when he had finished speaking, he said to Simon now go out where it's deeper and let down your nets to catch some fish.

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Master Simon replied we worked all last night hard and didn't catch a thing, but if you say so, I'll let down the nets again.

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And this time their nets were so full of fish they began to tear.

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We say we're committed to the Lord, jesus Christ.

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Right, how committed are we?

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How committed are you?

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Total commitment means that Jesus Christ is Lord in every area of your life.

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He's got to be Lord on Saturday night as well as Sunday morning.

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He's got to be Lord on Saturday night as well as Sunday morning.

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He's got to be Lord of your body as well as your brain.

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He has to be Lord of what we save as well as what we sacrifice.

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He's got to be Lord of our careers just as well as our creed.

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Are you totally committed to Jesus Christ?

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Is he the Lord of all?

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At the beginning of Luke 5, we see that Peter's on the beach washing his fishing nets.

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Now, when we come in in verse 11, we see that Peter's left his boat, his nets and everything to follow the Lord.

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A miracle takes place because of Peter's commitment.

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When we totally commit to the Lord, great things happen.

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Miracles come as a result of commitment.

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The steps Peter took to total commitment are the steps that we need to take to total commitment and seeing the miracles of God take place.

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The first step is getting involved.

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Peter's willing to let Jesus use his boat.

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Getting involved, peter's willing to let Jesus use his boat.

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Now Luke 4.38 kind of lets us know that Peter already knew the Lord by this time, but until now he's just been content to just hear the Word of God while he's continuing his normal way of living.

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Verses 1 and 2.

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This that's kind of the picture of a lot of Christians today.

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Most Christians today.

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They know the Lord, yeah, willing to listen to the Word of God.

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Sure, they like to hear good preaching, but they don't want to get involved.

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They don't want to get too involved, but not much change in lifestyle.

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But really from their lives it's hard to tell the difference between them and a non-Christian, somebody that's just trying to get ahead in this world.

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Of all things.

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Many people just want to wash their nets.

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They don't want to get too involved.

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The second step to a total commitment is to turn our boat over to the Lord.

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Now we, just like Peter, have to be willing to turn over what we own to the Lord for his use.

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We own things, we own time, we own talent.

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Are we willing to share what we own with the Lord?

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Are we willing to turn over our homes to the Lord?

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Are we willing to make time available for the Lord's use?

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Are we willing to invest our abilities and talents and gifts, or should we go on hoarding them.

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It's hypocrisy to speak about total commitment to the Lord when we're not willing to turn over our little boats to Him.

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Now the third step the Lord wants us to learn about total commitment is to put out a little, or push out a little.

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Verse 3.

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It's one thing to take what we own and make it available for the Lord's use, but it's another thing to step out a little bit, by faith, from the security of the land.

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We need to not only open our room or home for a Bible study, but let's actually start one room or home for a Bible study, but let's actually start one.

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Let's not only make our weekends available to the Lord, but let's actually take on a Sunday school class as a teacher.

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Let's not only make available all our money to help spread the gospel, but let's actually verbalize the gospel, let's preach it.

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It takes faith to push out.

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There's risk and there's sacrifice involved, but that's what pushing out from the land is all about.

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Jesus doesn't force Peter to push out.

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He asks him in verse 3,.

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He will not force us to get involved, but he wants to bless each one of us with a miracle, and for that to happen we need to push out.

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He wanted Peter to get a piece of the action.

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He chooses to teach people out of Peter's boat.

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God's trying to teach us here that he loves to use us for his glory If we just step out a little bit by faith.

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But we love the security of the land, most of the time we're very reluctant to move away from shore.

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How can we talk about total commitment to Jesus if we're not willing to push out a little?

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The fourth step towards a total commitment is in verse 4.

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Peter's told to launch out into the deep.

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Now this is total dependence on the Lord, no more land or shallow water.

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It's right here, where commitment is no longer on the sidelines.

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In a lot of ways it's the point of no return.

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It's here that we're totally given over to doing God's work.

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It's here where he becomes the priority of our lives.

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My life is no longer planned with land in view.

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I'm ready to launch out to whatever it is that the Lord wants me to do.

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No longer am I going to be an observer, but I'm going to be a participant.

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It's no longer what I want, but what he wants.

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It's no longer my will that's important, but it's his will that's important.

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It's no longer my desires that are important, but it's what he desires that's important.

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It's no longer my desires that are important, but it's what he desires that's important.

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Life is no longer about me, but it's about him.

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It's in the deep that we experience the Lord's power.

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We learn that he really does provide a miraculous way for the very needs that may have held us back from total commitment.

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We may work all night to make it in this life and still catch nothing Verse 5,.

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But the person who is totally committed to the Lord doesn't sweat the needs of this life.

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He knows that if he seeks first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, then all these things will be provided.

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That's Matthew 6.33.

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Now, maybe the reason we as a church aren't catching a lot of fish or people for the Lord is because there's a lack of commitment on our part.

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It's in the deep that we learn to worship.

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Jesus is no longer just a friend invited to my life.

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He's God.

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When Peter experienced the Lord's power in the deep, he wasn't only amazed, but he fell down before Jesus and confessed I'm a sinful man, oh Lord.

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The more committed we are to Jesus, the more we are aware of our own sinfulness and of his holiness Peter had reached the point of no return.

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He left everything and he followed his Lord.

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Yeah, there were failures yet to come in Peter's life.

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Oh, big ones.

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Total commitment doesn't mean perfection.

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It's a matter of taking self off of every throne in our life and putting Jesus on that throne.

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How committed are you to Jesus?

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Have you pushed out a little, have you launched out into the deep, or are you still hung up on the beach?

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Because total commitment means Jesus is Lord of all.

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I'm going to read from the book of Joshua, chapter 1, verses 9 through 11.

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This is my command Be strong and courageous, do not be afraid or discouraged, for the Lord, your God, is with you wherever you go.

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Joshua then commanded the officers of Israel Go through the camp and tell the people to get their provisions ready.

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In three days, you will cross the Jordan River and take possession of the land the Lord, your God, has given you.

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You know, having been a teenager in the 80s.

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There was a phrase that I think defines the 80s Something strange in your neighborhood who you gonna call, who you gonna call.

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That phrase was made popular in the 80s.

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Who you gonna call who you gonna call?

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That phrase was made popular in the 80s who you gonna call.

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That song was about hope, calling someone to fix a problem right Then there was an old gospel song.

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I don't know if you remember the Royal Telephone.

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I know most young people wouldn't even get it today.

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Telephone to glory oh, what love divine I can feel the current moving on the line.

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I can talk to Jesus on the Royal Telephone.

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Nobody knows what a telephone, how all that works anymore.

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But if you look at the lyrics to that song it's hilarious because the technology isn't even known by these generations.

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But the common between the two is it's who you're going to call and what will determine who's going to answer you in prayer.

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Now I personally choose to invest my time talking to God.

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I choose to invest my time talking to someone who can do something about my life and make ways where there seems to be no way.

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You're looking at a man or listening to a man who's been through the mill.

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There was no silver spoon in my mouth.

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I've had to learn to trust God when it looked like the most ridiculous thing to do, even when it looked like he'd failed me and I won't get into all that on this episode but it looked like God had left me out, hung to dry between two cats on a clothesline.

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But I learned that through that cat fight, that every time I called on him for my spirit that he'd answer, I called on him from my spirit that he'd answer.

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It's taken me years to finally understand that being a Christian is about facing the fiery furnace.

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It's taught me that the battle is not the focus, but the faithfulness to God, despite the circumstances and despite whether he really gets involved or not.

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So let me ask you, as a Christian, what one truth supersedes all others in importance.

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I am born again, my name is written down in the Lamb's Book of Life and I'm here on a mission for Christ Jesus, and that's the most important mission that I have.

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The understanding of these two powerful revelations have changed the course of my life.

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For the rest of my life, I'll serve God, whether I'm renting or whether I own.

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I'll serve God whether I'm driving a Chevette or driving a Camaro, whether I fly on an airplane or I ride a bike.

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Paul stated that none of these things move me.

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He was repeating in his spirit what the Hebrew children said play your tune, exert your influence and try to drum up your fear.

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None of these things move me.

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God was and is available.

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It's tangible.

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God is accessible.

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God is able.

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Christ is the answer, the solution, the antidote, the savior, the king, the Lord, the final answer.

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You just have to have faith.

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And what is faith?

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Is faith believe in God for money?

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Is it believe in God for a miracle?

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Is it believe in God to give you a certain type of ministry?

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Let's go to Galatians, chapter 2.

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We'll look at three major things that faith is.

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What is faith?

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Faith is staying Christ-centered In your heart, in your home, in your habits.

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And notice the words of the Apostle Paul in Galatians 2.20.

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My old self has been crucified with Christ.

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It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me.

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So I live in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

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What is faith?

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It's staying Christ-centered.

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It's also being steadfast.

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Steadfast in the storms, in the sorrows, in the situations of life.

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In Galatians 5.1, the Apostle Paul reminds us to stand fast in the liberty by which Christ has made us free.

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What is faith?

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It's being steadfast, or firm and unwavering, no matter what you're going through.

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I want you to tell someone today.

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I'm going through and so are you.

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And when they look at you like you're crazy, tell them about Jesus.

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What's faith?

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It's so into the spirit, or allowing the holy spirit to mold and make and mature you into a person of love and joy and peace and patience and gentleness and goodness and faithfulness and humility and self-control the fruits of the Spirit that are found in Galatians 5, 22 and 23.

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What is faith?

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It's sowing to the Spirit.

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And just remember, we're fighting a battle and it's not with flesh and blood, not with people, but it's a war.

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We fight it.

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Ephesians 6, 11 says put on the whole armor of God that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

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2 Corinthians 2.11 says lest Satan should take advantage of us, for we are not ignorant of his devices.

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Satan has placed traps out there for the saints of God to get caught in, pitfalls to fall into.

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And it's not above you, it's not Adam and Eve, david and Bathsheba.

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David was a man after God's own heart, but lust and desire led to lying and deception.

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Samson Delilah led him into breaking his vows.

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I'm telling you, god has told us in his word ways for us to dodge the devices that the enemy uses to try and trap us.

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Let's look at three things that will help us to avoid Satan's traps.

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Don't stray, don't stray, don't coast, don't drift, don't float.

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It's crucial that we keep a firm grip on what we've heard so we don't drift off from the word.

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Before I was afflicted, I went astray, but now I've kept your word.

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Hebrews 2.11.

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Psalm 1.19.67.

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Your word I have to hide in my heart that I might not sin against God.

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We've got to keep watch over our minds because for the most part, that's where the battle's raging from God's will.

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Hebrews 10.36,.

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Patient endurance is what you need now so you'll continue to do God's will.

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Some Christians lack the courage to say no to their non-Christian friends?

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Colossians 2.8.

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Yeah.

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2 Corinthians 6, 17.

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So leave the corruption and compromise.

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Leave it for good.

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Don't link up with those who pollute you.

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I want you all for myself, from your priorities to God, to your family, to your church, to your friends, to your career.

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Seek first the kingdom, and then all these things will be added unto you.

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We have to avoid Satan's snares by doing those things that are pleasing to God and giving God first place in our lives, our promises and our principles.

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The morals of our world are at an all-time low Violence, illicit sex, alcohol, drug abuse, dishonesty, rioting, corruption in government, just to name a few and we've become weighed down with the things of this world, and these things are causing us to stoop to Satan's level.

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We are becoming spiritually slack.

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Romans 12.1,.

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Do not be overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.

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Matthew 10.22,.

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Yeah, is that you?

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We're not granted the option of directing our own ways in religion.

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God is the one that we look to for guidance and direction in our lives In fighting the good fight of faith.

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1 Timothy 6.12,.

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Fight the good fight of faith.

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Lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.

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We need to worship God.

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The purpose of our worship is to glorify and honor and praise and exalt and please God.

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Our worship has to show our adoration and our loyalty to God for His grace in providing us with the way to escape the bondage of sin.

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The very best in worship is due God and it's prescribed by him in the Bible.

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The worship God has prescribed is the only way we can worship him.

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God seeks true worshipers and he identifies them who worship him in spirit and in truth.

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Worshiping God in spirit means that it has to be done from the heart, out of the abundance of the heart.

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Men speaks Isaiah 29, 13,.

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The Lord says God in truth means that it must be done according as God has specified in the Bible.

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Worshiping God in spirit and in truth is a serious, serious matter that must not be taken lightly John 4, 23, 24,.

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But the hour is coming, and now is when true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such to worship him.

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God is spirit, and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

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Don't stop, don't quit, don't give in or give out, don't throw in the towel.

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People don't lie down.

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Well, that's all for this week's show.

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You know the name of this show speaks my hope for you.

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It's taken from the words of Romans, chapter 12, verse 2.

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Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

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If you enjoyed what you heard, do me a favor, please, and tell someone you know about it.

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Send them a link and a text you know you may even need to download it to their phone and show them what a podcast is.

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If it was valuable to you, it will be to them.

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Visit renewedmindsetscom to hear past episodes, read the blog and check out the new merch and, as always, while you're there, send me a voicemail by clicking the button at the bottom right corner of the main page.

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Tell me what you think about this show.

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I just might play it on a future episode.

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Until next week, I'm Rick.

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I love you, see ya.

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By Floodgate From the album Are you Ready?

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